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Tuesday, 25 August 2009

After a year or so we have finally completed our barn conversion which has spectacular views over the vineyard as well as the levels to Exmoor, Blackdown Hills, and The Quantocks. It was probably built in the eighteenth century for animals on the ground floor and storage for apples on the first floor. We tried to retain as much of the character as possible although it was in a pretty poor state of repair. There are two double bedrooms on the ground floor and a large lving area, kitchen and bathroom up stairs. The reverse arrangement is to take advantage of the views.

So much of this year has been spent trying to keep the vines in check - they are obviously very happy in their new home. It is sometimes difficult to know how well they are doing but having visited a couple of other sites there can be little doubt that we will be producing some healthy fruit next year as long as the weather stays good. We have a few bunches this year and we'll keep some of the riper ones as an experiment to see what sort of problems we may encounter. They are just starting veraison ( changing colour and accumulating sugar) and we may be make a few litres of wine from them- strictly for our own consumption.

Friday, 23 January 2009

As we go around and about the area lots of people seem interested in what we are doing. If you have any questions or would like to have a quick look around then why not leave us a message on laura@higherplot.co.uk